Employees are able to check their schedule, time cards, and accruals without having to go through a supervisor or the HR department. Instead of waiting for their supervisors to circulate shift-change requests on their behalf, team members simply post requests on the Virtual Trade Board. Managers can conveniently view, monitor and confirm shift request changes online. Managers choose which employees are allowed to manage their own time cards.

2. Prevents Understaffing

Interested employees can request open shifts from the Virtual Trade Board. Managers approve shift changes which triggers automatic notifications to all parties involved.

3. Eliminates Confusion

When time cards, schedules, accruals, and shift changes are centrally managed, supervisors and staff members are all on the same page and can access the information any time. Automatic messages inform all parties of critical scheduling and time card information.

4. Eases Burden on Managers

Supervisors transfer tedious admin responsibilities to authorized employees and are spared from all the back-and-forth of shift changes and HR info monitoring. Let the associates view their own accruals and total hours worked—they are happy to take you out of the loop.

When the automated system takes over mundane responsibilities, supervisors can work on other projects. Growing organizations won’t need to hire as many HR people as their staff grows.

7. Accommodates Employees’ Shift Preferences

TimeSimplicity and the Virtual Trade Board make it easy to design schedules that are best for you and your employees. When a shift comes open unexpectedly, employees who want to pick up extra hours request the shift. This eliminates the need for a manager to try to guess which employee wants the extra shift or beg an unwilling employee. Happy staff members are more engaged, loyal, and productive.

If you are still using manual systems, imagine how Workforce Management Suite could improve your WFM processes and staff morale. Call 480.784.4440 today for a demo.

Workforce Management Suite includes TimeSource Plus, TimeSimplicity, and TimeWorks Mobile. Workforce Management Suite is developed for busy employers like you who need to streamline scheduling, automate time and attendance tracking, maintain regulatory compliance, and reduce labor costs.